session 1 – staying safe · web viewone of the most common passwords is the word ‘password’...

Starting Point Community Learning Partnership

Oldham Drive Lunch & Learn Being Safe WK1

Starting on 14th November 2015, the Oldham Drive Estate Tenants & Residents Group are proud to we working with the Big Lottery to run 12 months of free computer sessions to our community.

The themes of the sessions will include: staying safe online, family trees and local history, photography and staying healthy using internet tools.

Passwords1 The passwords you use online

are intended to protect your personal data, so it’s important to choose ones that are difficult for other people to guess.

However, they also need to be easy for you to remember, preferably without having to write them down.

Below are some tips for good password maintenance. Work through them to see if you can relate to them.

2 Don’t use anything that’s easy for someone else to find out.

For instance, you shouldn’t use any part of your name, address or birth date or those of close family members, or your pet’s name.

3 Don’t use common words.

One of the most common passwords is the word ‘password’ and it’s one that any criminal will try first.

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4 Try thinking of a short sentence or phrase and use the first letter of each word.

You could use a line of, say, a poem or song – for example, ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ becomes ‘iwlaac’. You could write down ‘daffodils’ as a reminder for this.

Similarly, a short phrase could be ‘My teacher’s name was Miss Clarke’. The password would be ‘mtnwmc’ and ‘teacher’ could be your reminder.

5 Many websites require you to use capital letters and numbers in your password as these make them more secure.

A good way to incorporate numbers is to substitute numbers for letters that look similar – for instance:

• ’1′ for ‘i’• ’0′ (zero) for ‘o’• ’5′ for ‘s’• ’3′ for ‘e’.

It also helps to use characters such as ‘&’ or ‘+’.

6 Here is SplashData's Top 25 "Worst Passwords of 2015":

• 123456• password• 12345678

• qwerty• 12345

• 123456789• football• 1234



• 1234567• baseball• welcome

• 1234567890• abc123• 111111

• 1qaz2wsx• dragon• master• monkey• letmein

• login• princess

• qwertyuiop• solo

• passw0rd• starwars

Be honest have you used any of these?7 How safe are iPads and other

tablets?

In the forthcoming weeks we will learn about how to keep your device safe using antivirus software and other tools to protect you.

However if you are using an iPad you need not worry about spyware, malware or hackers getting at your personal information but loss or theft of your device is a real concern.

Everything stored on the iPad is encrypted but it is only lightly protected by the 4-digit passcode. The first thing to do is go to Settings > General > Passcode, set Simple Passcode to Off, re-enter your original passcode and you will be invited to set a much longer and stronger one.



8 Test Your Knowledge:Deeva has just got an email that looks like it's from her bank.

It says they have done a security check on her account. It asks her to click a link to confirm her login details.

Should Deeva click the link?

YES

NO

9 Jon has thought up a very strong password.

It's a long line of letters and numbers. Each letter or number means something to Jon, so it's easy for him to remember.

He decides to use it for all his online activities.Is this a good idea?

YES

NO

10 Dan loves social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Here’s a message that he posted yesterday - "Can't believe I'm going to be 40 next Thursday! To celebrate, I'm off to Spain for the week with my best mate."

Is there anything wrong with this message?

YES

NO

11 You can leave more about internet safety by logging onto lwww.learnmyway.com and completing the Introduction to Internet Safety course.



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